Plot

Sonya Reeves (Cindy Reeves in the reprints), a very talented young ballet dancer, was competing in secret for the Silver Shoes Trophy (or Crystal Shoes Trophy in the reprints) and the chance of a scholarship to a famous ballet school. Sonya/Cindy was an orphan and her guardian, Vi Burke, ill -treated her and had forbidden her to dance. But Sonya/Cindy had been helped by Mrs Webster, a friendly neighbour, and also the Sister at the hospital where Mrs Webster was taken after a fall. After overcoming many difficulties, Sonya/Cindy had reached the final of the contest.

Notes

• Art: Leslie Otway
• 1980 reprint “The Secret Ballerina” reprinted and translated into Dutch (as De geheime ballerina) –  monthly Peggy #9/1981, then reprinted again in Peggy + plus #3 (early 1980s).

Appeared

• Sonya and the Silver Shoes – Mandy: #87 (14 September 1968) – #101 (21 December 1968)
• Reprinted as Cindy and the Crystal Shoes – Mandy:  #464 (6 December 1975) – #478 (13 March 1976)
• Reprinted as The Secret Ballerina – Mandy: #724 (29 November 1980) – #738 (7 March 1981)